DC Tom

"Unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office" is pretty clearly spelled-out. There's not even a vague semblance of ambiguity in there - no "effectively," no "responsibly," no qualifiers of any kind. People who say otherwise invariably want to raise policy differences - or even personal differences (e.g. "Obama is a Muslim!") - to the level of "inability," which is complete horseshit.

Yes...but everyone seems to have forgotten about impeaching Kavanaugh...

Harsh because 1) it's true, and 2) the media just got pantsed by Cheetoh Dust Golem Jr.

Let me sum that up, for those not willing to watch the whole thing: Cleavage.

"Renewables" and "zero-emissions" ARE NOT THE SAME THING. What's German for "You're an idiot?" Sie sind Französisch?

News flash, Sacajawacko: the 25th deals with incapacity, not incompetence.

"Francisco Franco is still alive...you just wait and see!" - Schiff.

Only if Ron Mexico is his running mate.

People always alternate between "Mr." and "President" as a title. They did with Obama, they did with Bush. And the president's party complains about "disrespect" every time.

These hoaxes are merely a reflection of the immense stress and pressure minorities are under in this country.

The more of this exchange I read, the more I realize that Mel Gibson's only crime was not being a Democrat...

Yes, when exercising my "What's it like to think like a modern American Jacobin" gedankenexperiment, I could write editorials for the Post. But in even in my most drunken fever-dreams, I never could have come up with CNN's "This hoax is being weaponized by those who doubt it was a hate crime." Much less their "Smollett's story must be taken seriously, not literally."

I think you're all missing the important point here, that even if it is a hoax, it's not a hoax, because it represents the real fear that black gay men face every day of their lives, and we should use this opportunity Smollett's given us to address the problem of MAGA-hat-wearing racist Trump supporters who would even do such a thing to a black man.

57 of 57. All terrorist attacks are right-wing. Leftists attack out of a sense of anger and personal grievance, not to terrorize. If a leftist terrorizes people, he's really a Republican.

I believe this is the first time in the history of this board that someone other than me has been accused of being the leader here.

"Mardi Gras Jacket?" Looks more like Kamala and the Technicolor Dream Coat.

But the moose has a right to be believed. #MooseToo

It didn't fail. A real "pay what you want" system just hasn't been tried yet!

Must have been written by @OCinBuffalo.

He is now.

The expressed will of Congress was to give the President powers to command the US military to take measures to combat drug smuggling, and to give him the power to declare a national emergency to fund those measures. Those are the laws that Congress passed. No amount of editorial moralizing changes that. The only thing that will is Democratic venue-shopping for a friendly judge - and don't forget, Trump's been stacking the courts with literalists who actually read the laws that Congress passed, and don't moralize over them.

None of them. I mean...there's a discussion that can be had about whether or not the situation at the border constitutes a "national emergency," or whether it's a greater national emergency than this. And there's at least one other instance where a national emergency was declared because the President disagreed with Congress (https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-13222-continuation-export-control-regulations.) But this seems to be the first time it's been used to dodge Congress' refusal to fund the President's pet project. https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/20/health/haiti-orphanages/index.html

The most annoying thing about all this is trying to remember whether Manning, Snowden, and Assmange are progressive heroes or villains.

Just remember: no matter how bad it gets, Hillary's still not president.